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1 Griffiths, P. 2003. The economist’s tale: a consultant encounters hunger and the World Bank. London, UK: Zed Books. 249p.
International organizations ; World Bank ; Development aid ; Development banks ; Economic situation ; Social aspects ; Political aspects ; Agricultural society ; Hunger ; Poverty ; Food supply ; Food shortages ; Decision making / Sierra Leone
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 330.072 G000 GRI Record No: H044394)
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2 Niaz, S. M. 1985. International funding of groundwater development schemes. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 18(1):3-12.
Groundwater development ; Development projects ; Irrigation projects ; International organizations ; World Bank ; Investments ; Bank loans ; Drainage ; Legislation ; Public sector ; Private sector ; Wells
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045771)
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3 Dukhovny, V. A.; Sokolov, V. I.; Ziganshina, D. R. 2016. The role of donors in addressing water problems in Central Asia. Irrigation and Drainage, 65(Supplement S1):79-85. (Special issue: Selected Papers of the ICID Gwangju Congress by Asian Authors). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.1913]
Research programmes ; Development aid ; Donors ; Integrated management ; Water resources ; Water management ; Funding ; International waters ; International cooperation ; International organizations ; World Bank / Central Asia / Aral Sea Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047803)
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This paper examines the role of donors in addressing a complex set of water-related challenges in Central Asia and draws some lessons with a view to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of development assistance in the region.
In the first years following independence, collaboration between the republics was strongly supported by development agencies under the leadership of the World Bank. This effort was marked by the establishment of the Interstate Fund of saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) and the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (SIC ICWC) in Central Asia, preparation and signing of interstate agreements in 1993 and 1994, as well as development of a regional water strategy.
Despite significant donor contribution, the last several years have also demonstrated weaknesses in donors’ activities in the region, which is especially discouraging, given the increased tensions over competing uses of water for hydropower upstream and irrigation and ecosystem demands downstream. Among the main weaknesses are:
- lack of sound coordination
- avoidable involvement of international experts and ignorance of local capacity
- cut in support of regional water-related projects
Given the above, donors should rethink their development assistance policies in the region in order to encourage more active interaction between the countries for the benefit of people and the environment.
In the first years following independence, collaboration between the republics was strongly supported by development agencies under the leadership of the World Bank. This effort was marked by the establishment of the Interstate Fund of saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) and the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (SIC ICWC) in Central Asia, preparation and signing of interstate agreements in 1993 and 1994, as well as development of a regional water strategy.
Despite significant donor contribution, the last several years have also demonstrated weaknesses in donors’ activities in the region, which is especially discouraging, given the increased tensions over competing uses of water for hydropower upstream and irrigation and ecosystem demands downstream. Among the main weaknesses are:
- lack of sound coordination
- avoidable involvement of international experts and ignorance of local capacity
- cut in support of regional water-related projects
Given the above, donors should rethink their development assistance policies in the region in order to encourage more active interaction between the countries for the benefit of people and the environment.
4 Hanasz, P. 2017. Muddy waters: international actors and transboundary water cooperation in the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed. Water Alternatives, 10(2):459-474.
International waters ; Water governance ; Water law ; Foreign investment ; World Bank ; International cooperation ; River basins ; Aid programmes ; Rriparian zones / South Asia / India / Nepal / Bhutan / Bangladesh / Ganges River / Brahmaputra River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048168)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol10/v10issue2/365-a10-2-15/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048168.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048168.pdf
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The portion of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna mega-basin shared between Nepal, Bhutan, northern India, and Bangladesh is one of the poorest, most densely populated, ecologically vulnerable, and socially and politically unstable areas in the world. As such, reducing the potential for transboundary water conflict by increasing cooperation between riparian states has been of increasing interest to policy-makers and foreign aid donors. The World Bank-led South Asia Water Initiative (SAWI) commenced in the mid-2000s. Yet, in more than a decade of existence, neither SAWI nor other international initiatives, have been able to improve transboundary water interactions between India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. In part this is because of the sheer complexity of transboundary water governance, and in part because of contextual factors. Addressing transboundary water issues is not a priority for the riparian states; there is significant distrust between them and resentment about India’s hydro-hegemony; and bilateral, rather than multilateral, arrangements prevail. These factors make collective action both more urgent and more difficult. If they are to increase transboundary water cooperation, international actors should, among other things, resolve historical grievances; strengthen water-sharing institutions; build trust between riparian states; and work toward outcomes based on principles of water justice.
5 Gardezi, M.; Michael, S.; Stock, R.; Vij, S.; Ogunyiola, A.; Ishtiaque, A. 2022. Prioritizing climate-smart agriculture: an organizational and temporal review. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 13(2):e755. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.755]
Climate-smart agriculture ; International organizations ; Climate change adaptation ; Mitigation ; Vulnerability ; Resilience ; Weather ; Gender ; Research ; Food security ; Sustainable development ; World Bank ; FAO ; IFAD ; CGIAR ; Smallholders ; Farming systems ; Models
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051046)
https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/wcc.755
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051046.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051046.pdf
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Extant systematic literature reviews on the topic of climate smart agriculture (CSA) have mainly focused on two issues: reviewing framing of the CSA discourse in the academic and policy literature; and policy initiatives in the Global South that enhance the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices. Yet, there is little systematic investigation into how international organizations can help smallholder farmers manage agricultural systems to respond to climate change. Analyzing these organization's priorities and highlighting their knowledge gaps are crucial for designing future pathways of CSA. We intend to use this article to identify overarching CSA themes that can guide large international organizations to focus their CSA agenda in the hope of achieving goals associated with food security and sustainable intensification. We specifically ask the following question: How have the key CSA topics and themes emerged in the gray literature of international organizations between 2010 and 2020? We adopted a topic modeling approach to identify how six international organizations engaged with several topics related to CSA. Following the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) approach, we identified eight topics in the documents, representing four overarching themes: gender research, weather and climate, CSA management and food security. We found that there is insufficient discussion on the issues relating to governance measures and gender mainstreaming, with a larger focus on techno-managerial measures of CSA. We conclude that research and training related to CSA must offer opportunities for marginalized and disproportionately vulnerable populations to participate and raise their voices and share innovative ideas at different levels of governance.
6 Shiferaw, B. A.; Reddy, V. R.; Sharma, Bharat. 2024. Groundwater governance under climate change in India: lessons based on evaluation of World Bank interventions. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 40(3):401-424. (Special issue: Water Resource Management in Agriculture for Achieving Food and Water Security under Climate Change in Asia) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2023.2207694]
Groundwater management ; Water governance ; Groundwater depletion ; Climate change ; Vulnerability ; Food security ; Water policies ; Regulations ; Water use ; Microirrigation ; Wells ; Agricultural productivity ; Cropping systems ; Land productivity ; State intervention ; Institutions ; World Bank ; Villages ; Farmers ; Case studies / India / Rajasthan / Telangana / Andhra Pradesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052036)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/07900627.2023.2207694?needAccess=true
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052036.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052036.pdf
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Groundwater is the single largest source of water for irrigation and domestic use in India. Climate change further exacerbates the threat of depletion, reducing food security and increasing the vulnerabilities of resource users. Governance is complicated by externalities associated with its attributes as an invisible and fluid resource which create problems of rivalry and exclusion. Based on theory-based case studies for evaluation of selected World Bank projects, we analyse challenges for groundwater governance and identify factors that contribute to depletion. It highlights the need for integrating and balancing demand and supply-side approaches, including water-efficient irrigation and climate-smart practices.
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